“Your entry was chosen as the winner for the Date with Paul Stanley Sweepstakes. You just need to reply to this email by….”

Part of my job at Swag Central is informing swaggernauts that they have won sweepstakes on the partner sites. What a great gig, right? Unfortunately, too often these emails go unanswered and the winner must forfeit the prize without ever knowing they have won. All because they don’t check the email account they used when they registered.

Sure, we know, when you signed up for Swagbucks.com or RoddenberrySearch.com or MyWWEsearch.com you were a little unsure so you registered that email account that you don’t check often. But there could be great things waiting for you in that In Box.

- When you order a prize from the Swag Store you will receive an email asking you to verify the order within 7 days. You will need to respond before we can ship your prize.

- If you’ve won a sweepstakes on a partner site you will be notified by email and need to verify your address. (You understand that I can’t just send Paul Stanley knocking on your door without verifying your address.)

Now is that email In Box worth checking at least once a week? I love to hear back from winners so don’t leave me hanging by the computer wondering where our relationship is going…or if you are going to verify that prize.

Has all this talk inspired you to change your email address to something more frequently used? Check out this blog post for more information.